idk what to really say, its pretty good I guess for the type of game it is right? not a big cart racer guy per se, but picked it up in a sale years ago. hardly played it back then, but decided to have a go at it again here and I've beat the main adventure mode-- which is as far as i care to go. another one off the ol' backlog, as it were.
This was the first game I ever bought with my own money, being 17 at the time of its release and by that point also being heavily into the Crash and Spyro games. This game is one of the greatest kart racers of all time, and it is a crying shame the way Activision treated it.
Adding in microtransactions after the reviews is incredibly underhanded and rotten. They then proceeded to stop the Wumpa Cups, have Beenox create a big final update, then sent them off to the CoD mines completely after making the Pro Skater 1 + 2 remasters and Crash 4.
No PC port. No dedicated servers. Fuck you, Activision, for killing what was one of the most solid kart racers ever made just under a year of its release.
Adding in microtransactions after the reviews is incredibly underhanded and rotten. They then proceeded to stop the Wumpa Cups, have Beenox create a big final update, then sent them off to the CoD mines completely after making the Pro Skater 1 + 2 remasters and Crash 4.
No PC port. No dedicated servers. Fuck you, Activision, for killing what was one of the most solid kart racers ever made just under a year of its release.
The perfect kart racing game... if only they could have fixed the lengthy loading times, this would easily be a 5/5. Maybe a next-gen version would resolve the issue... They aren't atrocious, but they are long enough to detract from the overall experience and getting back on the track.
I love Mario Kart; it is my childhood kart racer... but it has to relinquish the crown to the superior racer: Crash. There is no blue shell bullshit, artificial difficulty, and "fun for all ages" Mario racing here - Crash doesn't play any games. This is your "git gud" kart racer that is purely skill based. The more time you put into it, the more you feel yourself getting better and better.
I recall mentioning to my cousin as I was playing on the Medium difficulty mode, that there would be no way I'd be able to platinum this title - Hard mode was insanity, and the time trials were even crazier... well, after a couple weeks of putting in work, I was rewarded one of my all-time favorite platinum trophies. :)
Excellent and addicting game.
I love Mario Kart; it is my childhood kart racer... but it has to relinquish the crown to the superior racer: Crash. There is no blue shell bullshit, artificial difficulty, and "fun for all ages" Mario racing here - Crash doesn't play any games. This is your "git gud" kart racer that is purely skill based. The more time you put into it, the more you feel yourself getting better and better.
I recall mentioning to my cousin as I was playing on the Medium difficulty mode, that there would be no way I'd be able to platinum this title - Hard mode was insanity, and the time trials were even crazier... well, after a couple weeks of putting in work, I was rewarded one of my all-time favorite platinum trophies. :)
Excellent and addicting game.
Las tres estrellas que pongo… no hacen justicia al potencial que tiene
Pero una serie de malas decisiones en general, y lo mal que se ve en Switch, lastran la experiencia.
El juego en sí es bueno: muchísimos personajes, karts, circuitos. Los circuitos son muy variados y divertidos. La jugabilidad es magnífica.
Pero el juego tarda una eternidad en funcionar. Cada carrera te requiere un minuto de carga, entre unas cosas y otras. En Switch se ve borroso. Jugando en TV me acaba produciendo dolor de cabeza, así que lo juego en portátil la mayor prte del tiempo.
El multijugador da muchísimos problemas.
El modo historia está bien, aunque la segunda vuelta tras ganar al boss por vez primera te obliga a conseguir prácticamente todo, lo cual es… un pelín repetitivo. Pero bueno, los diferentes desafíos están bien, son divertidos, a veces desafiantes, y eso merece.
Una pena que no funcione bien.
Pero una serie de malas decisiones en general, y lo mal que se ve en Switch, lastran la experiencia.
El juego en sí es bueno: muchísimos personajes, karts, circuitos. Los circuitos son muy variados y divertidos. La jugabilidad es magnífica.
Pero el juego tarda una eternidad en funcionar. Cada carrera te requiere un minuto de carga, entre unas cosas y otras. En Switch se ve borroso. Jugando en TV me acaba produciendo dolor de cabeza, así que lo juego en portátil la mayor prte del tiempo.
El multijugador da muchísimos problemas.
El modo historia está bien, aunque la segunda vuelta tras ganar al boss por vez primera te obliga a conseguir prácticamente todo, lo cual es… un pelín repetitivo. Pero bueno, los diferentes desafíos están bien, son divertidos, a veces desafiantes, y eso merece.
Una pena que no funcione bien.
I found this new version very on point! I finished this game in 2019 and I still play it to these day. I had plenty of fun mastering my drift mechanic's for completing the 100%. In term of graphic and gameplay everything was on point in my opinion. I looked some of the speedrun that people made on youtube where's the creator comment on the video, all the team seems very passionate and proud by what they've made. Only downside is the loading situation i have to deal with on Nintendo Switch but regardless of that, I enjoyed this game pretty much! Crash racing 1 / Mariokart 0